Western Civilization I / Unit 5 WC1 0404 short lesson, about 20 seconds
338 BCE: Chaeronea and the End of Polis Independence
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The idea
After a decade of bribery and threats, Philip crushed the Athenian-led coalition in three thirty-eight at Chaeronea, a name the witnesses supply, with the eighteen-year-old Alexander leading the cavalry. A new league under Philip, the League of Corinth, garrisoned Greece.
In practice
A thousand years of polis independence ended, and was resented.
Where people slip
The anchor names neither battle nor league. The exam expects both.
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